SUMMARY:

• 38+ years of industry experience
• 25+ years of Infor XA experience
• Application knowledge of ; Manufacturing processes Training

• Systems development,
• Documentation on system processes business processes
• Business Analyst

• Material Logistics
• Development, Implementation and training of Radio Frequency system
• Excellent analytical, problem solving skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent collaboration skills & team player

• Manufacturing Inventory Control
• Mechanical & Maintenance Inventory Control
• Scheduling for 15 production lines
• JIT for 20 different liquids
• Process Flow & System Training
• Material Planner
• Procurement

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Infor XA Systems

AVP (Advance Planner)

VPi (Visual Planner for i series)

Infor (DataStream) MP - 2

MS Office

Management Skills for Managers

Training on Performance Evaluation

Effective Communication Skills

Production Planning and Control

Internal Auditor Training

Optimizing Warehouse Operations

Total Inventory Management

Infor XA Skills

Inventory Control

Repetitive

Production Control & Costs

Production Monitoring & Control

Order Base Production Management

Material Requirement Planning

Purchasing

Product Development Management

Infor XA Power User, Implementation, Manuals, Testing, Training and Developing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Production Control Manager

Responsibilities:

• Production Control Manager with 38+ years of overall experience (38 + years in Manufacturing and 25+ years in Infor XA ERP System).
• 38+ years of Industry experience in Manufacturing based company my roles was Inventory Control, Production Planning and Material Planning. This also covered the areas of Supply Chain Management, Sales, Procurement, Business Process systematization, Business Process Re-engineering
• 25+ years of work experience on Infor XA ERP System as a Production Control Manger and IT User Coordinator which entailed projects relating to Implementation, upgrade Roll-out, Support and Development of Customization.
• Worked closely with the IT department to analyses, plan and implement business modules: (Manuals & Infor XA modules). In addition to my experience in business operations, I have an excellent understanding of all aspects of manufacturing and business processes, including System development (Infor / Mapics XA),
• Worked with persons from shop level right up to executive, being able to understand their needs and to come up with best practices, a plan, cost effective solution and execution with very little to no disruption.
• An experienced certified Business Analyst with the ability to identify problem areas through process analysis and building corrective actions while working with internal users. As a Business Analyst, able to streamline processes, implement new systems, eliminate business redundancies, identify performance issues, develop relevant training opportunities and establish business continuity.
• Primary Business Area: Manufacturing; Inventory Control Module (IM), Materials Management Planning Module (MM), Mechanical and Maintenance Inventory Control MP-2 Module. Scheduling; Repetitive Module (REP), Production Control & Costs Module (PC&C), Production Monitoring & Control Module (PMC), Order Base Production Management Module (OBPM), Advance Planner Module (AVP), Visual Planner for i series Module (VPi). Process Flow and System Training. Materials Planning. Procurement. Development and Implementation of Radio Frequency system.
• Have experienced many up-grades and implementation of Infor XA which included support for customization, enhancements, report developments, data migrations.
• Strong knowledge of Infor XA Systems, AVP (Advance Planner), VPi (Visual Planner for i series), Infor (DataStream) MP-2, MS Office
• Inventory Control Module (IM),
• Repetitive Module (REP),
• Production Control & Costs Module (PC&C),
• Production Monitoring & Control Module (PMC),
• Order Base Production Management Module (OBPM),
• Material Requirement Planning (MRP),
• Purchasing (PUR),
• Product Development Management (PDM),
• Advance Planner Module (AVP),
• Visual Planner for I series Module (VPi)
• AS400 Green Screen
• Infor Browser
• Infor Power Link
• MAPICS Standard Methodology (MSM)
• Business Analysis

Business Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Production Planning and Control
• Optimizing Warehouse Operations
• Total Inventory Management
• Motivating and Engaging for Performance
• Management Skills for Managers
• Training on Performance Evaluation
• Effective Communication Skills
• Internal Auditor Training

Confidential

Production Control Manager

Responsibilities:

• Business and Manufacturing
• Experience Manufacturing Processes, Inventory Control, Purchasing, Sales and Accounts Payable.
• Knowledge and understanding of flow of material from receiving, blow molding bottles, filling, packaging, assembly, batch to shipping.
• Using the Infor system able to automate and remove redundancy in work flow, processes, documentation and moving to more paperless documentation.
• Knowledge of inventory control for manufactured items and mechanical/maintenance items started with a manual system (cardex) and brought to current computerized system.
• Performs bi-yearly physical inventory, review slow moving and obsolete items.
• Knowledge of production scheduling department, responsible for long term, mid-term and short term planning.
• Handling releases of production manufacturing orders, material validation, Just in Time (JIT) purchase, material flow, labor requirements and coordinating the tank truck receiving/shipping pad for about 15 trucks a day.
• Infor {Mapics} XA
• Selected as Confidential Core Team Leader to move the company from Mapics 2 to Mapics 5. Brought from a fully manual system to a fully computerized system.
• During the conversion, moved through the test/pilot environment, had to develop, test and implement the modules: Inventory Control Module (IM), Repetitive Module (REP), Production Control & Costs Module (PC&C), Production Monitoring & Control Module (PMC), Order Base Production Management Module (OBPM), Material Requirement Planning (MRP), Purchasing (PUR), Product Development Management (PDM).
• Moved the production planning from a manual system over to a computerized system called Advance Planner Module (AVP), worked closely with Confidential ’s affiliate and Infor as we expanded the functionality and expansion of the module. It is now called Visual Planner for I series Module (VPi).
• Knowledge increased through Conferences, webinars and reading bulletins which are sent out via Infor or Confidential ’s affiliate.
• Travelled across Canada to Confidential ’s other divisions to train and see how Infor system could be presented to them to simplify their work load.
• Helped Confidential ’s Australian division by using Web-Ex’s to train and present different process.
• Presented sessions on “How to implement AVP within 3 months” at the Infor Conference {Las Vegas} and ISE Conference {Racine} for a few years.
• Worked closely with the IT department to improve system development by analyzing, planning and implement business modules which included developing training manual such as a Warehouse Transfer Program, Material Logistics and development and implementation of Radio Frequency system
• Two year ago, Confidential acquisition a bottle blowing & packaging company, was asked to review the Infor migration code, planning information and bring the system up to an operational state. Did the same review 5 years ago for Confidential ’s Australian plants.

Business Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Worked with all range of people, from the shop floor right up to delivering the project to top management.
• The process usually used, is to review any and all documentation.
• To do a walk around the area observing and have a discussion with selected stakeholders that is mentioned within the process.
• To bring all the stakeholders together to review the process and document the movements and identify any side streams (think tank).
• Remove the redundancies and streamlining to see what can implement into the ERP system.
• All steps are document, evaluate, establish business continuity, work out cost saving, submit for approval.
• Once approved, set-up project plan, develop relevant training opportunities and then implement the change(s).
• Areas where I have made a significant impact and supported with training on site, via phone and / or web-ex:
• Laurentide implementation of Infor system from a manual system
• Montreal, Laurentide, Toronto, Edmonton & Australia implementation of Infor AVP / VPi from a manual system
• Toronto taking their manual receiving process and bringing it into Infor system with visibility
• Waste Recovery Product Flow
• Toronto development & implementation of Radio Frequency
• Montreal implementation of Radio Frequency
• Montreal development & implementation of Warehouse Transfer program

Confidential

Core Team Leader

Responsibilities:

• An active member during ERP development, testing, documentation, implementation, training and monitoring progress
• Active interaction with department head and user group to understand their requirement and mapping the same in ERP
• General involvement in all the modules
• Created master records like item master
• Created/prepared user manuals for each module such as purchaser order, inventory control, manufacturing work orders, and transaction entry, process flow etc. & actively training the users.
• Integrity checking with other modules
• Data validity testing with test scenarios.
• Checking reports to ensure correctness
• Monitoring and documenting the implementation activities
• Suggested many work around solutions.
• Documented all required information to keep track and progress of project.